Cleveland (kuriiburando) in Japanese

The name Cleveland in Japanese Katakana is クリイブランド which in romaji is kuriiburando. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Cleveland in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is くりいぶらんど.

How do you write Cleveland in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name that sounds similar to "cleveland" is 栗原道 (Kurihara-dō). It is pronounced "Koo-ree-ha-ra-doh." The kanji 栗 (kuri) means "chestnut," 原 (hara) means "field," and 道 (dō) means "road."

The western meaning of the name Cleveland is "clearing in the land". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 澪田 (Mitsuda), which is pronounced "mi-tsu-da". The kanji characters mean "clear" (澪) and "field" (田).

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